Lot 362
Moon Rock From a Lunar Meteorite. This large .6252 gram 20mm x 12mm thin section of the moon meteorite NWA 2995 is an esthetic highly detailed meteorite section from the highlands of the moon. Lunar meteorites are the most desirable and expensive of all the types of meteorites recovered and are even rarer than meteorites from Mars. A small 538 gram single pristine crusted meteorite was sound in the deserts of Algeria in December, 2005. It has been classified as a Lunar feldspathic basalt-bearing breccia which means that it is a mixture of dark basalt with off white to gray feldspathic clasts. Feldspathic clasts contain Feldspar with a high Mg/Fe ration with abundant FeO and Thorium. This particular chemistry is probably a relic of the Moon’s early crust and differs from the Moon rocks brought back in the Apollo missions which makes them very important for scientific study. These basaltic Lunar rocks were melted and partially mixed together when a large meteorite crashed into the moon millions of years ago. This rock mixture was vaporized and ejected from the moon and eventually made its way to the earth. This section is large enough to hold and examine in detail unlike most specimens that are just dust or small chips. This very valuable meteorite is housed in a plastic case and a 5.5 x 4.5 inch Riker box.
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Estimated Value $800 - 900.
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